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          <rev contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">MetaChat has a number of types of threads that appear on a regular basis.

== List of recurring threads ==

*[[AskMeCha]] -- a more casual variation of [http://ask.metafilter.com AskMeFi]
*[[Status Updates]] -- usually &quot;Three-point status updates&quot;
*[[SHOUTING THREAD]] -- usually titled THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD
*[[Coffin &amp; Cradle]] -- New Year's intentions. [http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/01/01/coffin_aamp_cradle 2008-9],[http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/12/31/p41681#more41681 2009-10], [http://metachat.org/index.php/2011/01/03/p45843 2010-11], 2012-13.</rev>
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          <rev contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">Urer, V'yy yvira guvf cbfg hc n yvggyr ovg.

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Nzhfvatyl, bar bs gur trarf sbhaq gb or zhgngrq va ubybcebfraprcunyl vf pnyyrq fbavp urqtrubt. Vg vf n uhzna nanybt bs n trar svefg qrfpevorq va Qebfbcuvyn sehvg syvrf; rzoelbf jvgu gur trar xabpxrq bhg qrirybc n fcvxl nccrnenapr naq ner aba-ivnoyr. Zber guna bar trar xabpxbhg cebqhprq guvf 'urqtrubt' nccrnenapr; fbzr jnt qhoorq guvf zrzore bs gur urqtrubt snzvyl &quot;fbavp.&quot;

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